AMHERST – Amherst Survival Center staff and board members are hoping the community can help secure the bus service that now stops in front of the center.

They are asking people to attend Monday’s PVTA meeting in Town Hall that begins at 4 p.m. or email officials, asking to continue the service.

The new PVTA proposal does not include a stop at the center, according to an email.

In November of last year, the University of Massachusetts bus system revised its Route 32 bus to stop at the center, which moved to its new location in December of 2012.
The new space is about a third of a mile from the previous stop.

Center staff had been working with town and UMass to come up with a way to extend service. The center had been offering weekly taxi service to help those who were unable to walk until the bus service was added.

But now, the PVTA is considering a number of changes to its system schedule and runs and has been holding a series of meetings in various communities to provide community members the opportunity to comment.